[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Gotcha! That does sound handy.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Beth Melton" wrote in message
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The Live Count will display the number of words (or selected words) in the
document but clicking the command will display the Word Count dialog box
which, as I'm sure you know, provides the character count. It's faster to
access the dialog box using the Status Bar than switching to the Review
tab.

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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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But that's words, not characters, right?

"Beth Melton" wrote in message
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Along with Review tab, as BoniM noted, also take a look at your Status
Bar. You should see the live count of Words in your document and
clicking it will display the Word Count dialog box.

If you don't see Words: # in your Status Bar, right-click the Status
Bar and then click Word Count to add it.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email cannot be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out:
http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

"r.t.roth" wrote in message
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I can see the number of words in a selection, but I'm using an
application
that restricts the number of characters. That was an easy-to-find &
use
feature in previous versions of MS Word.

Where is it in MS Word 2007?